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Post by Nityānanda dāsa on Dec 30, 2019 20:54:55 GMT -6
Well, that was an experience. Now I will go through and smooth out the roughness, polish the numbers and make corrections. Still, bear in mind all is first draft posted here and so I am yet to present a fair copy. O yes, and if anyone desires Cantos I to III, they can be supplied, since this thread begins with Canto IV. It would be nice to have it book form, and I will consider the options, but really I can't be bothered with all that just yet. WOW! So you've finished the whole Gita!? That is fantastic! I really hope that you publish this. It's such a wonderful presentation of the Gita in poetic meter. I'm sure that everyone who reads it will enjoy it and get great spiritual benefit as well. Jai Sri Radhe!
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Post by Nitaidas on Jan 5, 2020 16:32:19 GMT -6
Well, that was an experience. Now I will go through and smooth out the roughness, polish the numbers and make corrections. Still, bear in mind all is first draft posted here and so I am yet to present a fair copy. O yes, and if anyone desires Cantos I to III, they can be supplied, since this thread begins with Canto IV. It would be nice to have it book form, and I will consider the options, but really I can't be bothered with all that just yet. Amazing work, Madanmohan dasji. I am in awe of you and I would like to publish it once it is polished and you are satisfied with it. We did Caleb's version in a number of formats: 6x9in bilingual, 5.5x8.5in bilingual, 5.5x8.5in English only, 4x6in pocket-sized English only. There can never be enough translations and editions of the Gita, I feel. If you want a larger publisher, that is no problem. Our offer stands.
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 8, 2020 4:17:45 GMT -6
Thanks again Nitai. I don't mind so much who might publish it, only that it would be good to see it in book form. If you think it is worth it, that's cool. Of course at some time I would like to see a cloth bound, illustrated, annotated edition with gold edging.
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 22, 2020 6:45:09 GMT -6
Arguments for the Gita, Cantos 1-7, to be prefixed to each Canto
The blind king makes inquiries, Sanjaya to the king replies; And catalogues the men at arms, The fearful clash, the dire alarms; How Arjuna the forces viewed, How he with pity was subdued, His moral speech to Krishna made, How Arjuna was sore dismayed; Thus is the argument rehearsed, Among the Gita's Cantos first. 1
Krishna begins his tuneful speech, And deigns his friend, distressed, to teach, He tells of the immortal soul, Of intellect, of self control, And how he might himself redeem, Such is the second Canto's theme. 2
The questions by Arjuna raised; The way of selfless action praised; The cause of sin identified; Avoidance of desire and pride; Such are the themes herein extolled, As in the third Canto are told. 3
Of Krishna's antecedents now Are told, and also why and how He in the world reincarnates, And how all things he antedates; The way of wisdom is extolled, Of selfless action has been told; And how action to consecrate, The fourth Canto does thus relate. 4
More questions by Arjuna made; All ambiguity allayed; Abandonment of action's fruit; Of selfless action the pursuit; The ways of meditation shown; All these from Canto five are known. 5
The meditative posture now Is taught, and the means whereby how The gaze must be in firm repose Bent downward and fixed on the nose; More questions by Arjuna raised; His further doubtings all erased; These subjects several we glean, As are in the sixth Canto seen. 6
In his sweet salutary speech The Lord Krishna his friend doth teach; Of knowledge and of wisdom too, How rarely men the path pursue To freedom, yet those who are wise Lord Vaasudeva realise; A novel theme is introduced, And terms of reference adduced; And this Canto seven completes, Of these terms the next Canto treats. 7
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 22, 2020 8:41:38 GMT -6
Arguments for Gita, Cantos 8-11
How contemplation is maintained, How recollection is retained, How he who to the Lord aspires, Attains him when his life expires Is told; and also in what way Is calculated Brahma’s day; Thus Krishna does expatiate, The diverse themes of Canto eight. 8
In the ninth Canto is extolled, The mystery but rarely told, The supreme sov’reign wisdom hight, Delivered for his soul’s delight. The nature of his being tells, How tho’ aloof, in all he dwells, How all beings from him evolve, And how they into him dissolve; And praised is the high dignity, Of the exclusive devotee. 9
Now with his divine eloquence, Krishna tells of his opulence, And comprehensively relates, How from him all this emanates; His secret mystery conveyed, And how the prince Arjuna prayed; How he at length delineates, And his many aspects relates; How merely by a part he holds, The infinitude of the worlds. Such are the subjects treated then In divine Gita’s Canto ten. 10
On his friend's importunity, Who fain the truth thus heard, would see, Lord Krishna showed his splendid form, Which did the universe inform; All gathered into one he saw, With consternation and with awe. How then that form he disassumed, And his gentle aspect resumed. In him subsist earth and heaven, As is shown in Canto eleven. 11
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Post by Ldd on Jan 22, 2020 10:54:35 GMT -6
I hope you live forever to keep pouring it out.
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 22, 2020 11:46:40 GMT -6
Haha. That's what my creditors say. Hehehe, but thanks, and for your delectation here is one more Two types of yogins are declared, Their votive practises compared; How progress is made by degrees, Of those who are his voteries; The true devotee to discern, We may from the twelfth Canto learn. 12 P.S. Nice picture.
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 22, 2020 12:51:37 GMT -6
The 'field' and the 'field knower' then, And he who doth both of them ken; Knowledge and the knower are shown, And the object of knowledge known; And who this wisdom comprehends, Unto the supreme Brahman wends; How he doth in all forms remain, Uncontaminated by stain; How one attains the perfect state, The thirteenth Canto doth relate. 13
Distinction of varieties, Is now made of the qualities, Pertaining to the gunas three, Of good and evil destiny; The signs of he who these transcends, Exclusive devotion commends; How the perfect to Brahman go, Is told in the fourteenth Canto. 14
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 22, 2020 16:13:28 GMT -6
With roots above and shoots below, The endless Banyan tree doth grow, The means whereby it is cut down; The supreme state and high renown Of Purusottama, the Lord, The worshipfullest and adored; In supreme fulfilment enrolled, Is in the fifteenth Canto told. 15
The distinctions are now reviewed Of gifts whereby all are endued According as their states incline, As demonic or as divine; And scripture is declared to be, In all matters authority; Such is the iterated theme, Which obtains in Canto sixteen. 16
Three types of faith are shown to be Influenced by the gunas three; As sacrifice, penance and food, Are indifferent, bad or good; And the words, Om Tat Sat, also Are treated of in this Canto. 17
The last Canto further relates, Develops and reiterates Renouncement of all action's fruit, Of selfless action the pursuit; And ultimately to forsake, All duty and surrender make To Krishna's protection consigned, With a sincere devoted mind; And thus did the Lord Krishna teach, Then Sanjaya concludes his speech. 18
Finis
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Post by Ldd on Jan 22, 2020 16:23:11 GMT -6
I hope you live forever to keep pouring it out. Yes yes. We are eager to hear everything about the boy. (krishn)
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Post by madanmohandas on Jan 24, 2020 12:08:42 GMT -6
The Cantos reduced to aphorisms.
The martial chief Assailed by grief. 1
Immortal soul, And self control. 2
Forsaking fruit; Actions pursuit. 3
Now to restore Wisdom of yore. 4
The questions raised; The doubts erased. 5
The tranquil state; To contemplate. 6
New themes are raised, Wisdom is praised. 7
The ways are shown; Brahman is known. 8
Sovereign wisdom; Dedication. 9
Arjuna prays; Krishna displays.. 10
The cosmic form, The worlds inform. 11
Devotion's praise, The best of ways. 12
To know the fields This Canto yields. 13
The quality O gunas three. 14
The Supreme Lord, By all adored. 15
He now deigns to define Demonic and divine. 16
Of faith three-fold, And more is told. 17
The prince obeys, His woe allays. 18
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